#CacioPepe PREGAME right NOW on my Snapchat user name is my FULL name all spelled out
Joining is free you only need an email and you don’t ever have to post anything you can just learn and call it a day
IG stories limits all our videos and they do not give me enough space for the more complex dishes
#DontBeAWeiner #ThisIsFreeContent #LearnToFish

I miss #Florence
#Firenze #Italy

#RepeatPeas
Be #methodical, be #unsure, be #aware, but most of all be #present
It is through time and #repetition that you will have #breakthroughs with your favorite #methods and #ingredients no matter how #banal it may seem at first
This is where you will start to feel your #palate #evolving and your #skills expanding
It all starts with one dish, commit to just one for now and commit hard, with all your limited time
#TeachYouToFish #FeedYouForLife #BeTheBall #CarpeDiem
I am making this #pastawithpeas method right now here on #IGStories and it’s as good a place to start as any
We serve this dish everyday for lunch at @frankrestaurant

#CacioPepeInsights
This #peasant dish has for a very long time caused trouble for a lot of chefs
#Pastawater, #PecorinoRomano cheese and freshly cracked #blackpeppercorns are the only three #classic ingredients allowed, and a lot can go wrong and does go wrong, even in #Rome where this dish was born
What usually goes haywire is salt management and not properly using the spaghetti as a whisk to emulsify the pasta water and dairy fat molecules, or too much cheese not enough water which gives you a clumpy sometimes broken sauce that lacks the refinement needed to elevate the dish
Some Italians even accuse me of adding milk or cream because they themselves rarely see this dish done correctly, where the #pecorino actually gets fluid, flows slightly and easily coats the #pasta, so they think I’m cheating with illegal ingredients
I will make #CacioPepe this weekend on #Snapchat so stay tuned and take good notes
We serve #CacioPepe at @SupperNYC everyday so #comeandgetit

Just breathe over it
That’s all I ask

Reaching new levels in #Brodo as we speak on #IGStories
Laying down the basics of what #passion does to a #broth, a #basic, the #standard
#Zone #Flow #PureLove

It’s #BrodoTime for me and you
I’m completely out this will not do
There’s none to share boohoo
I must have my #brodo it’s always true
I must have my brodo this will not do
Let’s make my #potion my #warlocksbrew
Will you stop right now and make brodo too?
#LiveNow #IGStories #TheBrodoMethod #TakeGoodNotes
#Turkey #Beef #Carrots #Onions #Celery #Herbs #Spices #Magic

I miss #Rome
I’m thinking now of where I will take all of you this #SpringinItaly on #IGStories and #Snapchat
For sure as usual I will be in #Verona for #Vinitaly the 15th to the 18th of April, but the week before is still wide open
I’m actually thinking of heading back down south and #Roma could be a good jumping off point to hit #Puglia for a bit, and then head up north for the wine festival
#ExcitingStuff #ThisIsMyJob #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #EveryMealIsALesson #EveryBottleOfWineAnOpportunity

#Instagram did it to me again
This is why I can’t put the longer tutorials here on IG and I have to put them on Snapchat
#FoiledAgain #MessedUp #SorryBosses
#TheyCutMeOff #HeyIKnowILikeToTalk #ButThisIsRidic

Wasting away the day at #SunPathHouse
I just did a walk through video of the entire house on the @SunPathHouse IGStories
I talked about finding the house and how the project first started, and when I explained my dream and vision for the house to @ChristianWassmann
From there Chris and I went on the journey of creation together and here is our brain child
#DreamBig #NeverTakeNoForAnAnswer

#CrazyHuh?
This is the #holygrail of #bean soups
Its what all other #beansoups aspire to be
The bean is central
The #borlotti bean is the star in 2 takes
And there is only one other main player
The #floatingpasta
That #maltagliati is the co star to an opera of simplicity
Of texture, of #captivatedflavor
Of #rawfoodsex
Enough to truly drive you #batshitcrazy
Later, not quite sure when, cause I’m just letting my days happen down here
And I refuse to adhere to a schedule
I will #flow through a #PastaFagioli #Tutorial right here on #IGStories
#TakeGoodNotes #IMayNeverDoItAgain
#SeizeTheDay #FinishedWith #Parmigiano #OliveOil

#MiamiStaples
You just gotta keep it real down here in #Miami
Stick with #Caribbean and #SouthAmerican food
Here is the holy trinity of #Rice, #Beans and #Plantains
Which I had with a simple Pollo Asado and I did cartwheels the whole way through it
#PerfectMeal #LessThan20Bucks #PuertoSagua

#WhenYouHaveBrodo
You start thinking in #broth
Ya #bathe in it, ya #baste in it, ya reduce it
You #poach in it you feel it you roast in it
You heat it you drink it you boil in it
Lets slurp it and burp it and chirp it
We freeze it in quarts of it
Have some of it you’ll #love all of it
#MagicPotion #WarlocksBrew
This #BrodoMethod is live now on #IGStories
We make a version of this called #PastinaInBrodo at @frankrestaurant every day for lunch and brunch

#InMyDreamsLastNight
I saw that racism could not destroy us
We worked too hard and suffered too long for freedom and equality to let fear ruin us
I saw with great clarity that we all have love deep within us, that it may freeze up sometimes but it just takes a pure gesture of trust and bravery to bring it back
In this dream I was told the human soul cannot resist love, and no matter how maligned it may become, it always craves the warmth of the collective human experience to right itself
Then as I woke up, I saw the same demagogues trying to lead us astray, and all at once it hit me, they are just the mirror we need to look at to see our own ugliness, and truly move the needle forward to evolve our collective conscience
Without hate we can never know love and without outrage we cannot know when it’s time to act
Today is #MLKday, it’s a day to dream big, a day to use love to help heal the racism you see around you, it’s a day to forgive yesterday and be optimistic about tomorrow
#WeCanAllBeKing #IfWeFightForLoveAndEquality

Where there is #Pizza, there better be #FireAndSmoke
You can just imagine the difference without it
There is no #broiler like an open fire, especially on a pizza like the #brusselssproutspizza @LilFrankies where we have #pigfat and sprout leaves whose outer edges need that extreme #heat to get the #complexity of a proper #char
#Pizza needs what we call “#leoparding” to give it some #bitter to contrast with the #sweet, and it’s virtually impossible to achieve without #fire
#StandNextToOurFire #PizzaOfTheCentury

The #AsparagusParmigiano with a #poachedegg is available with #3for1BrunchDrinks at @frankrestaurant and @SupperNYC today for #brunch
#ComeAndGetIt #BrunchOfTheCentury

Did you fall in #love over spaghetti and meatballs @FrankRestaurant?
Did you propose to your GF @SupperNYC between bites of Limone?
Did you have sex for the first time in the handicapped bathroom @LilFrankies and now you are raising our love child?
We know after 20 years there are tons of you out there with cool stories of new love in our dining rooms and at our bars
Everyone who takes the time to share their #lovestory in a post or an email will get a free dinner on me before #ValentinesDay
While the best #story of all will win a free sit down dinner with me at any of my restaurants to pick my brain on anything you wish
#WeLoveYourLoveStories #TheyGiveUsLife #TheyArePriceless #TheyChokeMeUp #IGetAllEmotional
Email me your story frank@lilfrankies.com

Carlo Panella, my immigrant grandfather, came here at 18 years old from poverty stricken Italy in 1901 and fought for us in WWI
#Greatness is #inspired and travels up through #poverty and #oppression, through #racism and #misogyny, and through violence and stupidity
Nothing you or anyone else can say to change this great #truth, that some of the most #valuable and inspired #humans on this earth, come from the most challenging environments
All my #ancestors were #poor #Italian #immigrants, and today because of their great sacrifice I am a joyful king
Not a day passes that I am not grateful and responsible, it grounds me and gives me the #empathy and understanding I need to be the best person AND businessman possible
I would be nothing like this if not for them, and if not for the immigrants that work for me
This debate we are having needs to start taking these obvious truths more into consideration, if we plan on remaining a creative and lucrative force in this world
#NeverGiveInToRacism #ItsACancer #ItWillEatYourSoulAlive #ThereAreNoShitholes #ThereAreOnlyHumansEverywhere

#KindredSpirits
I had a blast on the #BeatBobbyFlay set today talking shop with @LidiaBastianich and @MarcoCanora
It’s such a privilege to be a part of this amazing culture of restaurants here in #NYC, and we are some of its most seasoned warriors
#Holdingitdown #TalkAboutExperience #Dedication #Devotion #Passion #LoveForFamily #WeHaveItAll #ItaliansDoItBetter

Quick thanks for all the input guys. You are all princes and princesses in my book
#TimeIsTheUltimateGift